Microsoft Edge for Android is getting support for extensions (9to5google.com)

submitted 9 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/android@lemdro.id

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[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 31 points 9 months ago

If you figured out how to use good extensions, you're probably on firefox anyways. The chrome extensions suck ass. Wtf is this privacy reader thing use Dark Background and Light Text. Most of them use adblock pro or something and not ublock. Chrome doesn't even have good vertical tab extensions.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Chrome doesn’t even have good vertical tab extensions.

Firefox for Android does not support extension that modify the GUI.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

Sadly, because tab management sucks ass in Android for Firefox... (A trade for using the best sane browser I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

What's wrong with it? I haven't had any problems with it in Fennec.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

You can't group tabs, my tab preview disappears for no reason, those are the main issues for me with FF official and beta.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

Oh OK. FWIW I don't think I've lost any tabs on Fennec, but I might have changed something in settings.

I like the way tabs look because I've never liked the idea of grouping tabs, but I understand people have different preferences

[-] mcmoor@bookwormstory.social 4 points 9 months ago

This may be a blasphemy but this is the sole reason why Firefox is not my main mobile web app. For someone with :D tabs, grouping or tab management in general is mandatory.

[-] inverted_deflector@startrek.website 21 points 9 months ago

Neat that its getting extensions but not a huge fan of edge.

[-] e_mc2@feddit.nl 13 points 9 months ago

Who cares. If you have a shred of privacy awareness, you'd steer very clear from it.

[-] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 4 points 9 months ago

It's nice to see another Android browser follow Mozilla's steps and implement extensions. Though I strongly doubt Google is ever going to follow. Chrome not having extensions (or an ad blocker, at minimum with history and bookmark synchronization) on mobile is the main reason I don't use it anywhere.

[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Can there please just be a no B.S. Android Chromium Variant with Extension support.

[+] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org -6 points 9 months ago

Wtf.. things we never asked for

[-] Jz5678910@lemdro.id 8 points 9 months ago

Personally, I've been asking for this for years. Very excited to see this mostly for ublock origin. But there are a few other extensions I use daily that I'd like to have available.

[-] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

Why use Edge tho? If you want a browser on Android with extensions, just use Firefox. In my humble opinion: M$ anything should be avoided (unless there are specific benefits or features).

[-] Jz5678910@lemdro.id 4 points 9 months ago

I used to. I used Firefox as my daily browser for about 10 years. Desktop use there really isn't any significant difference, but I find the mobile experience for edge to be better.

I check in on Firefox every six months or so, and while feature parity is mostly there, the way they implemented the features just don't feel right? Like they're kinda backwards sometimes? It's hard to put into words, but they are different, and I prefer the way they function in edge.

[-] ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

Gotcha. That does make sense to me. Its hard to verbalize, but Firefox does seem a bit clunkier than alternatives. Chrome on Android also runs buttery smooth. I'll have to give Edge a try sometime. I try to keep an open mind, but I do gravitate towards open source (when it makes sense and works well).

[-] Jz5678910@lemdro.id 1 points 9 months ago

That's why I check back in every so often. I would love for it to be my main browser again, but they just have to polish those rough edges a little more.

[-] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 9 months ago

Things we never asked for.

I think they're called extensions because they are an extension of what the original product, intended?

Feel free to correct my confusion .

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